Monday, June 14, 2010

Brennan Bal, Toddler Genius

So yesterday, we were driving down the interstate and all of the sudden Brennan is adamantly saying something that sounds like "Walmahht, Walmahht, Walmahht."  I look over to ask him "What?", and I see a truck like this out his window...























Genius.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Friday Favorites - Down on the Farm

Down On The Farm

Last weekend we went to Salt Lake City to check out the Wheeler Historic Farm.  We had a great time, and I have tons of pictures to share.  I definitely recommend going there.  While we were walking around, Brennan decided to climb up on a bench up against the side of the barn.  I was able to get a great picture of him, and I even got eye contact!  That rarely ever happens anymore.  I am going to get some of these processed for sure.  They should make up for not getting a good two year picture.

Have a great weekend everyone!  Nana and Papaw will be here tomorrow.  Yay! 

I hope the weather gets better for them.  It's only 53 degrees and rainy today.  But on the bright side, it will be warmer than where they're at today.  I talked to them last night from Jackson's Hole, WY, and the weather report said temperatures in the 30s and snow!  Gotta love the mountains! 

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Strawberry Love

Brennan loves strawberries.  And not just a little.  If we would let him, he would eat a whole gallon.  It was strawberry season when we were in Indiana, and he could snoop out the strawberries everywhere we went.  While we were there, Grandma Brenda made a couple of batches of shortcake strawberries.

Brennan was in heaven.  And as always, he was a big helper.

Mixing Up Some Strawberries
He pulled his chair right up so he could get a good look at how mixing up strawberries works.

Sampling the Goods
"You keep mixing Grandma, I'll just have one."

More Strawberries
"OK, maybe just one more."

That One Must Have Been Sour
That one must have been sour!

OK, I'll Have Another One
"That one looks just right!"

How About One More
"I better get one more!"

Who Me? I haven't been eating all the strawberries!
"Who me?  I wasn't eating all the strawberries out of the bowl!"

Oh My.  I don't think the Utah growing season will be enough to supply this kid.  I wonder if I can grow strawberry plants in my laundry room.

Indiana Daisies

Daisies

Some flowers I found down by the pond.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

It's Potty Time!

It's Potty Time

Yesterday was Brennan's first day with his "big boy" undies on.  We had to go all out and get the Thomas the Train undies, of course.  The first part of the day went about how I expected.  We have 14 pairs of underwear, and we went through all but one pair before naptime.  During the morning hours, inevitably, we had a poop explosion.  I never realized that poop that normally just smells stinky in a diaper, smells absolutely atrocious when it's trailed through the kitchen, hallway, and all over the bathroom floor.  But after cleaning and sanitizing all of that mess, Brennan's nap (and a couple of loads of laundry set on HOT), Brennan kept clean and dry for the rest of the day.  We both definitely got our workouts in.  Poor Brennan asked to take a nap way before it was time.  All the running to the potty wore him out!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Shanny's Graduation

Some pictures from Shanntel's graduation. 

Walking In Closeup
And it begins.  Here they are walking into the gym.

During the Ceremony
During the Ceremony

Blurry, but receiving her diploma
Receiving her diploma, of course that one had to turn out blurry.

Shanny with her friend Shauncae
After the ceremony, Shanny and one of her friends.

The Smiling Grad
The Smiling Graduate

Nana and Papaw with Shanny
Shanny with Nana and Papaw

Brennan, Jason, Shanny and Me
Shanny with me, Jason and Brennan

Gary and Michelle with Shanny
Shanny with Gary and Michelle

Shanny and Grandma Brenda
Shanny with Grandma Brenda

Shanny and Karen
Shanny and Karen

Shan & Andrew
Shanny and Andrew

Harry, Shanny, Grandma Brenda
Shanny with Harry and Grandma Brenda

Jason, Shanny, Me
Shanny with me and Jason

Jason and Shanny
And, of course, one with the proud Dad.

The ceremony was nice, though where we were sitting we didn't get to see a whole lot.  Brennan behaved through the whole thing.  He liked to clap for everyone, so that helped keep him occupied.  Afterwards, Jason and I and Shanny met up with a couple of her friends at O'Charley's and we all had dinner together.  It was nice to hang out with Shan, and since Grandma Brenda took Brennan back to the house with her, it was kind of like a date for me and Jason. : )

Congratulations Shanntel!!  We're proud of you!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Tiger Lily Closeup



One of Shanny's graduation flowers.

Ready For Takeoff

Brennan did really well for his first time on an airplane.  That might have had something to do with him being allowed to eat more candy than he has in his entire life, but we made it, whatever bribes it took.

He was quite a responsible flyer, too.  Here he is going over all the safety instructions before the plane took off.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Getting Back Into the Swing of Things

Well, here we are, back in Utah.  We had a great trip, though of course, it went by way too fast.  Shanny's graduation party and graduation ceremony went well, and she loved her graduation present.  Our home improvement projects at Grandma Brenda's turned out great, even though they took a lot longer to complete than we guesstimated. 

We spent a lot of time at The Home Depot. 

I have lots of pictures to go through and share, but that will have to wait until later.  I have lots of catching up to do around here, going through the pile of mail, unpacking, menu planning. 

Plus, Brennan has a priority in mind as well.

We are out of cookies!!



I better get baking! :)

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